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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compensation of presiding judges of administrative |
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judicial regions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 74.051(b), (c), (d), and (e), |
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Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a presiding judge |
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shall receive an annual [a] salary from the state not to exceed that |
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is 28 percent of the annual state salary of a district judge |
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[$33,000 a year. The Texas Judicial Council shall set the salary
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biennially and, in arriving at the amount of the salary, shall
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consider whether the presiding judge is active in administrative
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duties, performs part time, or is a retired judge.
The salary set
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by the Texas Judicial Council shall be apportioned to each county in
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the region according to the population of the counties comprising
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the region and shall be paid through the county budget process]. |
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(c) A presiding judge who is a retired or former district |
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judge or a retired appellate judge and who presides over an |
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administrative region with 30 or more district courts, statutory |
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county courts, and retired and former judges named on the list |
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maintained under Section 74.055 for the administrative region is |
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entitled to an annual salary from the state for each fiscal year as |
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follows: |
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| Number of Courts and Judges |
Percent of a District Judge State Salary |
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| 30 to 49 |
28 percent [$35,000] |
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| 50 to 69 |
32 percent [$40,000] |
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| 70 to 89 |
36 percent [$45,000] |
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90 [or more] to 109 |
40 percent [$50,000] |
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(d) A retiree judge appointed to serve as a presiding judge |
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under Section 74.005 does not resume service as a judicial officer |
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for purposes of Sections 832.102 and 837.102, and the retiree's |
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annuity payments will not be suspended [The salary shall be
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apportioned to each county in the region according to the
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population of the counties comprising the region]. |
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(e) A former judge appointed to serve as a presiding judge |
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under Section 74.005 is entitled to service credit in the Judicial |
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Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement |
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System of Texas Plan Two in which the judge is a member for each |
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month in which the former judge serves as a presiding judge [Each
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county comprising the administrative region shall pay annually to
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the presiding judge, out of the officers' salary fund or the general
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fund of the county, the amount of the salary apportioned to it as
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provided by this section and the other expenses authorized by this
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chapter that are not paid by state appropriations. The presiding
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judge shall place each county's payment of salary and other
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expenses in an administrative fund, from which the salary and other
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expenses shall be paid. The salary shall be paid from the
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administrative fund in 12 equal monthly payments]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |